Best Buy - Droid Incredible Pre-Order

[next-Jin]

Just giving everyone a heads up, the Incredible is available for Pre-Order at Best Buy starting today. 50 dollar down payment nets you a gift card to put towards it on the 29'th of April. Buying it from Best Buy costs 200 total and unlike Verizon retail you do not have to worry about a mail in rebate debit card. It's just 200 bucks and they set everything up for you on the 29th.

I pre-ordered mine today, they said accessories will be available the 18th of May though

 

[kimahri626]

You mean accessories available on 19 of May.

 

[kimahri626]

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[caw2007]

Verizon gives you an instant $100 off if you pre-order it online, w/ free next day shipping..

Does Best Buy require a 2 year contract to get that price?

http://phones.verizonwireless.com/htc/incredible/

 

[SomethingClever]

I would imagine so .. 2 yr is standard issue ..

 

[DyNe__]

50 dollar down payment nets you a gift card to put towards it on the 29'th of April. Buying it from Best Buy costs 200 total and unlike Verizon

I'm kind of confused about the wording you put here... are you saying that you have to buy a $50 gift card to pre-order the Incredible, and that you can use this $50 gc towards the purchase of the phone once it is released?

 

[jhinck1414]

I'm kind of confused about the wording you put here... are you saying that you have to buy a $50 gift card to pre-order the Incredible, and that you can use this $50 gc towards the purchase of the phone once it is released?

yes, that is how best buy is doing. as a way to pre order the phone, you will buy a 50 dollar gift card in and that card will act as your reservation for the phone when it comes out.

So best buy does it like this...

reserve - 50 bucks
price of phone - 199 (instant rebate applied to this price, verizon does make you mail in usually)
money needed minus gift card - 150 + taxes

so i would expect the phone to cost in my area $245 and that is including the 50 bucks reserved GC. (stupid california, we have to pay tax on the retail price of the phone)

 

[next-Jin]

I'm kind of confused about the wording you put here... are you saying that you have to buy a $50 gift card to pre-order the Incredible, and that you can use this $50 gc towards the purchase of the phone once it is released?

Yea jhinck explained it perfectly.

I know Verizon Online did this too, but I was hearing different things about getting numbers switched over or activated then having to wait for it in the mail (24 hours ).

With WorstBuy you can get it same day and they will program the phone and everything for you for free. I believe Verizon retail will charge you a fee to do it with purches made on their online branch.

I need someone to program it and everything because I am an idiot with phones. Only ever had cheap 30 dollar flip tops lol.